The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess-Chapter 85 - 83: Custom Contract

Hilia looked up and saw Oston descending from the sky.

The girl said nervously, "I just went fishing in the Forbidden Forest."

"Fishing at a time like this..."

Oston was stunned.

"Are you serious?"

Hilia blinked, innocently saying, "With the principal and Mr. Oston here, the White Whale won’t be able to cause any trouble. If you all can’t handle it, what difference does it make whether we’re in the dorm or the Forbidden Forest?"

Oston considered and realized it made sense.

"That’s too dangerous. Don’t do it again next time."

"Haha, didn’t you leave the fishing rod with me, Mr. Oston? Isn’t that tacit approval?"

"I left it for you last night. I wasn’t even at the school from last night until now, and I didn’t expect the Sea Successor White Whale to be summoned today... Wait, you know about the Sea Successor White Whale?"

Oston spotted the blind spot.

"I even helped discover a summoning node, how could I not know?"

"I see."

Oston glanced at the fishing rod and then at the magic puppet carrying the sack beside Hilia, his eyes lit up.

"Looks like you had quite a catch today."

Hilia started to feel nervous.

"Just an ordinary big fish, nothing else."

Due to the presence of the Sealing Rune, Oston didn’t sense any magic power emanating from the bag and didn’t think much, just nodded, "Alright, was it caught with my fishing rod?"

"Yes, yes."

"Good, very good, hahahaha!" Oston laughed as if he had caught it himself.

Seeing him so happy, Hilia seized the opportunity to bid goodbye, and then flew at her maximum speed, 40 km/h, towards the dormitory.

"Thankfully, Mr. Oston didn’t find out." The girl patted her chest.

It was already taking shape there.

Rose chuckled, "You’ve already left him the fish fins, are you still afraid he’ll find out?"

"Looking at just the fish fins, he definitely won’t know which fish it is, but seeing the whole fish, he would surely recognize it’s a White Whale, then it would be hard to explain."

"Do you think he would connect the Sea Successor White Whale with you catching it?"

"Maybe... he would?" As the ’mastermind’ behind catching the White Whale, Hilia wasn’t sure if others would make such a connection.

"You’re overthinking it."

Rose shook his head.

It’s like if you traveled back in time to participate in a World Cup betting and guessed an outrageous 1:7 score, you’re worried others would say you traveled back in time.

Who would think that way? At most, they’d suspect and marvel at how impressive it was.

Surreal and outrageous events are considered legends, but it’s just for fun; no one would truly investigate it as a fact.

But Hilia didn’t do anything wrong.

Better safe than sorry.

At that moment, the Sea Successor White Whale had just disappeared, and the anomaly above the water surface in the sky hadn’t completely faded, but the entire school remained very quiet.

Most of the students stayed in classrooms or dormitories, bravely recording everything happening above the sky.

A few chose boldly to come out and observe the entire spectacle in open areas.

Hilia specifically took a detour to places where no one was around, unnoticed, she smoothly returned to the dormitory. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Once she closed the door, she excitedly jumped onto the bed, rolling around with the quilt.

"I actually did it!"

The girl was very excited, and Rose said with a laugh, "Yes, you’re the MVP, and I’m the lucky bystander."

"Mr. Rose, you’re not some lucky bystander; don’t call yourself a dog!" Hilia suddenly jumped off the bed, and said very seriously, "Thank you, Mr. Rose."

"If you want to thank me, quickly upgrade your power."

"Upgrade my power..."

Hilia suddenly thought of something she had neglected for a long time.

At this moment, maybe it’s the time to ask?

The girl hesitated for a while before gathering the courage to ask, "Mr. Rose, there’s something I want to confirm with you, is that okay?"

Rose raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"

Suddenly becoming so formal, what came to her mind?

"Back then, when I summoned you, my wish was to create a magic puppet for the exam, and now... not only is the magic puppet completed, it’s been upgraded. In theory, is the contract fulfilled?"

"Fulfilled."

"And then..."

"But only the trivial part was fulfilled."

"?"

Rose said with a smirk, "The contract is mutual. Generally speaking, your wish only requires an equal exchange; however, no matter what you use to exchange, you cannot give me anything I need."

"Why?"

"Because I’m currently sealed. It means to receive what you give, you must unseal me, and that cost for you is too high, far exceeding the wish you made."

Hilia was a bit puzzled, "I don’t quite understand."

"It’s alright. You just need to know that to receive your payment, my seal must be lifted, and to make the wish and payment equal, I’ve added a condition to your wish—to help you become a god."

"!!!"

The girl was shocked, confused.

Shocked that Rose plans to make her a god.

Confused that the Evil God can modify someone’s wish?!

So the summoning contract is ultimately determined by the Evil God, right? Absolutely!

"Yes, you’re correct. I can customize your wish,"

Rose watched Hilia’s changing expression with a big smile.

Her gaze could be described like a pie chart: three parts shock, three parts puzzle, and four parts disbelief.

With her question answered, Hilia was a bit at a loss.

However, she didn’t dwell for long and quickly came to terms with it.

"So, the complete contract content is that Mr. Rose helps me create a magic puppet for the exam, and incidentally assists me in becoming a god; and my payment is a bit of my soul, incidentally helping you break the seal of the Gods?"

"Smart."

Hilia: "..."

Had it been when she first met Rose, Hilia would definitely reject this customized contract.

At that time, her impression of Rose was based on the exaggerated depictions by the Holy Court, and as the Holy Daughter, she believed she could resist the desire to become a god and not be influenced by the Evil God.

But after so long, she was used to Rose’s presence, and from his words and behavior, she deduced he wasn’t as terrible as portrayed; he is drawn as evil because he failed in the battle against the Gods.

Helping him lift the seal... seems like it’s not such a scary thing.

There exists a possibility of Rose deceiving her all along, but Hilia believes the probability is very low.

And before breaking the seal, she thinks she still has a choice... probably.

When Rose doesn’t need her consent and can directly control her body, Hilia knows it’s virtually impossible.

"Don’t overthink. Let me teach you how to handle the fish fins. Once you’ve absorbed them, you should be able to reach Tier Two."